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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 09:39 AM
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Right rear brake light on 00 Vert does not work. All other lights work. Thought a simple replacement situation. On cars in my past, I would just remove the carpeting against the wall and would have access to all of the lights. You can imagin my horror when I removed the carpeting and all I saw as a metal wall.

I have blackout covers over my lenses.

Do you gain access to the bulbs through the lense cover?

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Just remove the two screws that you see on the outside of the lense. The whole assembly will come out and the bulb is accessible that way.
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 09:50 AM
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with BlackSedan87....
Just had my lenses off to install taillight seals.
Two "torx head" screws . pull out the housing and the bulb is accessed by removing the socket from the back of the housing.
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Originally Posted by blacksedan87
Just remove the two screws that you see on the outside of the lense. The whole assembly will come out and the bulb is accessible that way.
That should have you covered.
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 12:29 PM
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Replacing the tail light bulbs on a C-5 is much easier than changing them on a C-4. It is major surgery to replace the outboard tail light bulbs on a C-4.
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